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Watching this iconic piece of architecture “go up” is so satisfying. Blending our CGI’s with a photo midway during the construction works, you can see how the facade will unveil from the structure.

Super proud of our graphic designer Rohit Bawa and the entire #DuVal marketing team that live and breath our projects and can visualise them long before they are built.

As one of New Zealand’s largest apartment developers we want to raise the bar with each new project and create architecture as art while providing amazing space to live in.

We don’t need to cut up farmland or destroy our bush. We can regenerate our cities vertically and sustainably with incredible levels of amenity for owners. It just takes passion, imagination and an unrelenting enthusiasm for our work.

If you buy assets with no or little income you hold yourself back for potentially years and even decades waiting for capital gain before you can make your next move.

You can buy a piece of land and hope one day a developer will come along and pay you a fortune. However unless your daddy is a billionaire this investment strategy will come to an end very quickly. The banks won’t lend any more to you if you can’t service it with rent!

I would rather own 5 doors (apartments) where I KNOW I’M GETTING PAID rather than own one largish piece of land and need a crystal ball to see into the future. 🔮

I flunked maths at middle school, yet even I can run the numbers as to how much rent I receive per square metre on an old house compared to a new apartment. That’s without taking into consideration the cost of maintenance, the headache of management and running the lottery for finding good tenants.

We’ve been sold the quarter acre dream by banks who are using single family homes to sell their mortgage products.

Don’t own ONE DOOR, OWN AS MANY AS YOU CAN! 🚪💵🚪💵🚪💵🚪💵🚪

You don’t need to be a fortune teller to work out where or what to invest in and by investing in apartments and NOT SPECULATING in land, you’re providing a home for a family that needs one.

I’ve been thinking about business and investing in general, in between taking time to swim with the kids and teaching my eldest boy how to scuba dive.

Warren Buffett once said, "If you don't learn how to create money while you sleep, you will work until you die."

One of the things I love about property is that it continues to provide a passive income regardless of whether you have a good day or a bad one, whether the sun is shining or it’s raining.

If you own enough “doors” of the right type of property, you will be able to take time off and enjoy it with the family. Investing in the right type of property can provide you with a passive flow of income forever, while you wait for appreciation on your investment in the future. ... See more

I’ve often been asked what it is like to work with my wife Charlotte.....

For me it’s an absolute privilege to be building homes and our dreams together.

I was reminded tonight that one draft horse pulling a load can pull 3,600kgs yet when a team of two is harnessed together, they can pull nearly 11,000kgs, close to 4X the load!

For me the term “power couple” is a bit of a Hollywood joke for marriages and relationships of 5 minutes. Maybe I’m old fashioned because I have no time for bullshit or what’s fashionable. I believe there are NO SHORTCUTS. There is only a lifetime of WORK. To push and shove and refuse to GIVE UP. The reward for living your life the way you want to, is living the LIFE YOU WANT! BE OBSESSED and be PASSIONATE.

What I think “power couple” should mean is that when you can share your life’s mission, you compound each other’s personal power to do EXTRAORDINARY things.

21 years ago after having been told that I was a “failure” by my employers, lecturers, teachers and peers, I got a job selling houses. I sold 10 Makomako Street a week later and finished my career in real estate in 2001 as the top auction agent for the entire Ray White network taking over 100 properties to auction in a single year.

Since then I’ve built a $500m property business which I’m MASSIVELY passionate about and provided accommodation for tens of thousands of people, however I keep my last certificate and a photo of my first sale to remind me that you can do anything if you put your mind to it, stay humble and work your arse off!

Don’t be afraid to be driven or “obsessed”. Don’t be afraid to work 70-80 hour weeks. Embrace it! You’ve got one life so you may as well make it one you’re proud of and “get after it”.

Dreaming and planning on a dreary drive home. Looking up for inspiration.....

A new $1b+ project for 2020!

1,000 apartments, 300 hotel rooms, the most amazing retail precinct you can imagine all coming to our gateway city to Auckland and the rest of the country. ✈️🛩

Wondering how many cranes we will need. 🏗🏗🏗🏗🏗🏗🏗🏗🏗🏗🏗🏗🏗🏗

You can’t build castles in the air without strong foundations and we’ve got those. With the South Auckland population scheduled to grow from 530,000 to 1,500,000 people within 18 years WE NEED NEW HOMES, hotels and shops. We are going to employ thousands of people on the build and redefine living in Auckland.

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Designed by multi-award winning New Zealand architecture practice, Archimedia, Lakewood Plaza sets a new benchmark in fully integrated inner-city living. The iconic architecture, elegant interior’s, entertainment and health club facilities and enviable location, make Lakewood Plaza, South Auckland’s most exclusive new address.

GDV$110mLocationManukau, AucklandArchitectArchimediaCompletionQ4 2018

200 Apartment blocks, each comprising 9 studio apartments located in close proximity to key infrastructure and leased for 21 years to an international accommodation manager. Apartment blocks are available for purchase for investment.

Stylish and affordable accommodation in the heart of Hamilton. A high quality, low maintenance property well situated for work or study and only minutes from Waikato Hospital, Centreplace and “The Base”.